Walter Cronkite and Miles O'Brien, left, pose together at CNN's news center in New York in October 1998. Broadcast veteran Cronkite will come out of retirement Oct. 29 and join O'Brien to co-anchor coverage of John Glenn's return to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery. (AP Photo)

Television network coverage plans for John Glenn's space launch on Thursday:

ABC - 1:30 p.m., anchored by Peter Jennings with Wally Schirra and Gene Cernan. "Good Morning America'' broadcasts live from Cape Canaveral, 7-9 a.m.

CBS - 1:30 p.m., anchored by Dan Rather with Gordon Cooper and Bill Harwood. "This Morning'' broadcasts live from Cape Canaveral, 7-9 a.m., "CBS Evening News'' live from Cape, 6:30 p.m.

NBC - 1 p.m., anchored by Tom Brokaw with Scott Carpenter and Bob Hager. "Today'' broadcasts live from Cape Canaveral, 7-9 a.m., "Nightly News'' live from Cape, 6:30 p.m.

CNN - 1 p.m., anchored by Miles O'Brien and Walter Cronkite. Periodic reports from Cape Canaveral starting at 7 a.m.

Fox News Channel - 9 a.m., anchored by Jon Scott with James Lovell.

MSNBC - 9 a.m., with Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. "The News with Brian Williams'' live from Cape Canaveral, 9 p.m.

Discovery - 1:30 p.m., anchored by Steve Aveson with Jerry Linenger and Blaine Hammond.